After a farce, there was a crack in the relationship between Zhao Rushu and Shi Miyuan.
Before Zhao Rushu could find a reason, Shi Miyuan acted like a court memorial and kicked Zhao Rushu back to Fujian.
After Shi Miyuan kicked Zhao Rushu away, he welcomed Wuchen into the prime minister's house.
When Wuchen went to say goodbye to Qin Shaobai,
Qin Shaobai specially confessed to Wuchen.
From now on, you just need to be an ordinary little girl.
Who would have thought that Wuchen's face turned cold: "Your Majesty, I don't like hearing what you are saying anymore. Have you forgotten the purpose of letting me get close to that thief?"
Qin Shaobai was speechless for a moment and had to tell her to be careful.
Wuchen simply told Shi Miyuan directly that although he lived in the Prime Minister's Mansion, he would still work in the Imperial City Department and would still be a soldier of the Sixth Prince.
Shi Miyuan knew that he had to soften Wuchen step by step, so he agreed with a smile.
Zhao Bai began to officially take over Lin'an Mansion.
He brought out all the unsolved cases in the house and ordered the detectives to solve the cases one by one. In the past few months, he had solved several of the unsolved cases in the house, and the Lin'an Mansion's crime detection rate increased significantly.
In addition, Zhao Bai inflicted severe torture on those with solid evidence of crime, sometimes to the point that Qin Shaobai couldn't bear to witness it.
The police officers of Lin'an Prefecture dare not slack off even a little bit now. They patrol the streets all day long to solve crimes and are so tired that they don't even have time to breathe. This makes those people in Lin'an City who are prone to crime keep their tails between their legs.
Yes.
For a time, the atmosphere in Lin'an was so good that people could even keep their household registration open at night.
These days, Zhao Bai is busy with his security maintenance and Qin Shaobai is busy with his Imperial City Division. The two rarely meet.
Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival.
News came from Mr. Silver Snake that Xiaolan had arrived in Dali safely and that the fetus in her belly was well.
After Zhao Bai got the news, he sent someone to the prince's mansion to invite Qin Shaobai.
Unexpectedly, the people who went there came back and reported that the Sixth Prince had taken Miss Wuchen out of the city.
When asked where he went, he only knew that he was a secret agent of the Imperial City Department. He didn't know what he was going to do specifically.
Zhao Bai thought for a while and asked someone to put him into the uniform of a general. He wanted to go into the palace to meet the saint.
Ningzong of the Song Dynasty was taking a rest at Queen Yang's place. When he heard his father-in-law announcing the arrival of the general protecting the country, he immediately panicked.
"Why is the emperor so panicked? Although the general is your royal brother, after all, you are the king and he is the minister."
Song Ningzong always frowned.
He understands very well that his throne was picked up.
At that time, Han Yuzhou tried his best to persuade the late emperor to appoint the eldest prince Zhao Bai as the heir apparent.
Moreover, Zhao Bai's reputation as the God of War also convinced everyone in the court to admire him.
Song Ningzong was somewhat taboo about Zhao Bai's return this time.
If Zhao Bai hadn't actively requested to be the prefect of Lin'an, Song Ningzong might really consider Shi Miyuan's opinion and drive Zhao Bai out of Lin'an.
This time, as soon as he asked the Sixth Prince to go out of the city to do something he thought was very important, Zhao Bai came looking for him. He couldn't help but suspect that Zhao Bai knew something before he came to ask for help.
"Xiao Anzi, go and tell the general that I am not feeling well. If there is nothing important, please ask the general to come back another day."
Not long after Eunuch An left, he came back with a depressed look on his face.
"Your Majesty, the general said that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. The general asked the emperor to come out of the palace to see how the people celebrate this festival."
"Didn't you tell him that my dragon body was not in good condition?"
"I told you, but the general said that this Mid-Autumn Festival inspection of people's sentiments was handed down from the ancestors of the Zhao family..."
Only then did Song Ningzong remember that he had also forgotten this ancestral precept since the failure of the Northern Expedition.
"He, please change my clothes. Today I will go with my royal brother to see what kind of life my people live."
Zhao Bai was waiting outside the palace gate when he saw Shi Miyuan rushing over.
"Shigong, are you going to accompany the emperor with me to see the lives of the people?"
"General, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. The people of our Song Dynasty are all living and working in peace and contentment. What does the general want to take the emperor to see?"
Zhao Bai snorted.
"Historian Gong, if the people really live and work in peace and contentment, the emperor should have fun with the people and let the people feel the confidence of our Song Dynasty court."
"What the general said is absolutely true."
Song Ningzong had already walked out in casual clothes.
Behind him were Mr. An and Feiyu.
When Qin Shaobai went out to do things in the city, Feiyu was supposed to follow him.
Qin Shaobai thought for a while and decided to keep Feiyu and let him protect Song Ningzong while he was away from the city.
Everyone had seen Song Ningzong. Shi Miyuan had been thinking of words to stop him for a long time on the road, but Song Ningzong stopped him outside.
"Brother, Shi Aiqing, let's go and see how the people of Lin'an celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival."
The three of them left the palace and walked towards the Royal Street.
Royal Street is very lively.
Various trading stalls fill the street market.
People are buying Mid-Autumn Festival supplies.
"Shi Aiqing, is today the Mid-Autumn Festival?"
Shi Miyuan responded quickly.
"Then why do so many people buy ingot candles? Do they think today is Qingming Festival?"
Song Ningzong frowned slightly.
Shi Miyuan quickly asked someone to ask.
"Back to the emperor, back to Shi Gong, the people said that one of his brothers died in the Northern Expedition, and they thought they would never be reunited with their relatives, so they bought a little one-yuan treasure candle to offer sacrifices."
Before the person who replied had finished speaking, he was kicked out by Shi Miyuan.
"What kind of ears do you have? What kind of news did you hear randomly?"
After saying that, he turned around and said to Song Ningzong: "Your Majesty, this is just an isolated phenomenon. Maybe that family happened to have a family member die, so there will be sacrifices this year."
Song Ningzong kept walking forward with a dark face.
"Your Majesty, further ahead is the Daxiangguo Temple. Do you want to pray for the people of the Song Dynasty?"
Song Ningzong glanced at Zhao Bai: "Then let's go to the Daxiangguo Temple."
Everyone came to the Daxiangguo Temple, and the incense here was really great.
Shi Miyuan couldn't help but smile as he looked at the faithful men and women coming and going.
"Your Majesty, the people still need to have some faith. Only if they believe in heaven and Buddha and in you, the Emperor, can they live a good life safely."
Seeing that Song Ningzong was silent, Shi Miyuan took the opportunity to speak.
"I recently listened to the teachings of Mr. Liu, a master of Neo-Confucianism, and it was really enlightening. I suddenly realized that Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism is the spiritual support of the people."
"Oh, dear, you might as well tell me more."
Shi Miyuan was overjoyed and quickly repeated the Neo-Confucianism he had heard a few days ago vividly.
"Principles are above all else, and the moral sense in the heart can make people make the right choices."
Song Ningzong murmured, his eyes shining with light.
When Shi Miyuan saw it, he knew that Song Ningzong was already interested in his theory, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
"Your Majesty, I would like to invite you..."
Before he finished speaking, a commotion was heard in front of the temple.
"Feiyu, go and see what happened."
Zhao Bai shouted, with the jade flute in hand, he and Eunuch An protected Song Ningzong.